375, Lot: 822. Estimate $400. Sold for $420. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (19mm, 1.12 g, 12h). Pointed Helmet type (BMC xiv, Hild. G). Sceftesbyrig (Shaftesbury) mint; Goda, moneyer. Struck circa 1024-1030. Draped bust left, wearing pointed helmet; trefoil-tipped scepter before / + GODΛ ON SCEFTESB, voided short cross, limbs united at base by two concentric circles with pellet in center; in each angle, broken annulet enclosing pellet. SCBI 15 (Copenhagen), 3365; Hild. 3110–1 var. (obv. legend); BMC 499; North 787; SCBC 1158. VF, toned, flan a little wavy. Rare mint for type.